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Paulis Janovs

2×2 · top 37.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016JANO02

Paulis Janovs has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Sigulda Open 2017, puts him in the top 37.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Latvia. Across 9 competitions since October 2016, he has put 177 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.92 in October 2016 to 22.61, a 29% improvement. Paulis has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 37.5% of 186,767 all-time
4.86
signature single · Sigulda Open 2017
177
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLatvia
2×24.868.94
top 37.5%85 / 237
Pyraminx9.0313.07
top 45.1%94 / 185
3×322.6127.11
top 47.0%130 / 309
Skewb13.7817.14
top 73.9%92 / 117
Clock24.6836.06
top 76.2%47 / 60
4×41:52.212:07.07
top 77.9%77 / 112
3×3 one-handed56.391:26.45
top 81.6%80 / 113
5×56:27.24
early days — 1 solve73 / 74
3×3 Fewest Moves77 moves
early days — 1 solve42 / 42

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Latvian Open 2016: 31.92Tartu Open 2016: 29.94Sigulda Open 2017: 22.61Riga Open 2017: 26.97Tallinn Open 2017: 25.52Latvian Open 2017: 27.09Riga Special 2018: 30.57Riga Open 2018: 30.09Sigulda Open 2018: 27.0222.6131.9222 Oct 20161 Sep 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.